Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Espy , James Pollard (1850), Second report on meteorology to the secretary of the navy. (Rules for the mariner.) [With maps.]., Retrieved on 2012-04-30
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    30 APR 2012

     Astronomy Comes to the Observer, Meteorology Must be Pursued

    The astronomer is, in some measure, independent of his fellow astronomer; he can wait in his observatory till the star he wishes to observe comes to his meridian; but the meteorologist has his observations bounded by a very limited horizon, and can do little without the aid of numerous observers furnishing him contemporaneous observations over a wide-extended area.
    Folksonomies: astronomy meteorology
    Folksonomies: astronomy meteorology
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    It requires collaboration with many observers around a large area of land.

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